About the Study

Since July 2000, the Donald W. Reynolds Foundation has funded the Association of Directors of Geriatric Academic Programs (ADGAP) to collect reliable high quality data on many aspects of geriatric education for medical students, residents and fellows, and practicing physicians. ADGAP subcontracted the study to the University of Cincinnati’s Institute for the Study of Health, (previously know as the Institute for Health Policy and Health Services Research). The research and resulting publications from this work have provided critical information to foundations, health professionals, policy experts, and government agencies committed to improving geriatric medical care.

Starting in February 2006, the John A. Hartford Foundation joins with the Donald W. Reynolds Foundation in funding three more years of the workforce study.

Workforce Study Objectives

• To collect longitudinal data to determine whether recently implemented programs sponsored by foundations and state and federal programs have strengthened physicians' geriatrics training and practice across the United States.
• To provide high quality longitudinal information on the status of geriatric medicine training and practice that will help guide future national policy.
• To provide information that can lead to increased recognition of the importance of geriatric research and training programs.

Project Team

• Principal Investigator and Project Director: Gregg Warshaw, MD, Professor of Geriatric Medicine, Department of Family Medicine, University of Cincinnati.
• Co-Investigator and Project Manager: Elizabeth Bragg, PhD, RN, Research Scientist II, Institute for the Study of Health, University of Cincinnati.
• Database Manager: David E. Brewer, BS, Research Associate and programmer/Analyst, Institute for the Study of Health, University of Cincinnati.
• Junior Research Associate: Danielle Cornwall, BIS, Junior Research Associate, Institute for the Study of Health, University of Cincinnati.
• Data Analyst: Karthikeyan Meganathan, MS, Research Associate and Data Analyst, Institute for the Study of Health, University of Cincinnati.
• Biostatistician: Anthony Leonard, PhD, Research Scientist I and biostatistician, Institute for the Study of Health, University of Cincinnati.
• Web Administrator and Developer: Gregory S. Roth, BA, Research Associate and Informatician, Institute for the Study of Health, University of Cincinnati.
• IT Administrator: Robert Witzke, MCP, MCSA, CHDM, Research Associate and Network Administrator, Institute for the Study of Health, University of Cincinnati.

National Oversight Panel

A distinguished National Oversight Panel guides the direction of the ADGAP Study.

• M. Brownell Anderson, Association of American Medical Colleges
• Linda Hiddemen Barondess, American Geriatrics Society
• Robin A. Barr, PhD, National Institute on Aging
• Marie A. Bernard, M.D., University of Oklahoma
• John Burton, MD, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
• Thomas A. Cavalieri, D.O., University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey
• Josepha Cheong, MD, American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry
• Anthony J. Costa, MD, American Board of Family Medicine
• Lou Grosso, MEd, American Board of Internal Medicine
• William J. Hall, M.D., MACP, University of Rochester
• William R. Hazzard, MD, University of Seattle
• Gavin W. Hougham, PhD, John A. Hartford Foundation
• Seth Landefeld, M.D., University of California San Francisco
• Stephanie Lederman, American Federation for Aging Research
• Rosanne Leipzig, MD, PhD, Mount Sinai School of Medicine
• David Reuben, M.D., University of California Los Angeles
• Judith A. Salerno, MD, National Institute on Aging
• Philip Sloane, MD, University of North Carolina
• Rani Snyder, Donald W. Reynolds Foundation
• Joan Weiss, PhD, Bureau of Health Professions

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